Unilateral enlargement of the parotid gland in a patient with sialosis and contralateral parotid aplasia.
A case of unilateral aplasia of the parotid gland with sialosis of the contralateral parotid is described, together with a review of the literature. Aplasia and sialosis are both rare conditions of the major salivary glands and do not appear to have been reported previously as occurring together.
Kelly
S A
SA
Department of Plastic Surgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Black
M J
MJ
Soames
J V
JV
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000150:complications*